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'''Seán Twomey''' (born 2000) is an Irish [[hurling|hurler]] who plays for [[Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|Cork Premier Intermediate Championship]] club [[Courcey Rovers GAA|Courcey Rovers]] and at inter-county level with the [[Cork senior hurling team]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://gaacork.ie/2019/12/20/cork-team-vs-kerry-in-munster-senior-hurling-league/|title=Cork Team VS Kerry in Munster Senior Hurling League|date=20 December 2019|publisher=Cork GAA website|accessdate=20 December 2019|first=|last=}}</ref> He usually lines out as a left wing-forward.
'''Seán Twomey''' (born 2000) is an Irish [[hurling|hurler]] who plays for [[Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|Cork Premier Intermediate Championship]] club [[Courcey Rovers GAA|Courcey Rovers]] and at inter-county level with the [[Cork senior hurling team]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://gaacork.ie/2019/12/20/cork-team-vs-kerry-in-munster-senior-hurling-league/|title=Cork Team VS Kerry in Munster Senior Hurling League|date=20 December 2019|publisher=Cork GAA website|accessdate=20 December 2019|first=|last=}}</ref> He usually lines out as a left wing-forward.

==Playing career==
===Courcey Rovers===

Twomey joined the [[Courcey Rovers GAA|Courcey Rovers]] club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 10 October 2015, he lined out at left wing-forward when Courcey Rovers suffered a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat by [[Ahan Gaels GAA|Ahan Gaels]] in the Minor A Championship final.

On 22 April 2018, Twomey made his first appearance for the club's top adult team in the [[2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|Premier Intermediate Championship]]. He scored a hat-trick of goals in the 3-18 to 0-19 defeat of [[Inniscarra GAA|Inniscarra]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/twomey-hat-trick-hero-for-courceys-469785.html|title=Twomey hat-trick hero for Courceys|date=23 April 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=John|last=Coleman}}</ref> On 21 October 2018, Twomey scored two points from left corner-forward when Courcey Rovers drew 0-12 to 1-09 with [[Charleville GAA|Charleville]] in the [[2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship#Final|final]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/charleville-and-courcey-rovers-to-do-it-all-again-after-stalemate-877219.html|title=Charleville and Courcey Rovers to do it all again after stalemate|date=21 October 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Therese|last=O'Callaghan}}</ref> He was switched to right wing-forward for the replay a week later but ended on the losing side after a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/charleville-back-in-the-big-time-as-courceys-held-at-bay-881981.html|title=Charleville back in the big time as Courceys held at bay|date=30 October 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Therese|last=O'Callaghan}}</ref>

===Cork===
====Under-17 and under-20====

Twomey first lined out for [[Cork GAA|Cork]] as a member of the under-17 team during the [[2017 All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-17 Hurling Championship|2017 Munster Championship]]. He made his first appearance for the team at midfield on 11 April in a 0-16 to 0-06 defeat of [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kfDjuJpe1aUJ:https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/sport/244667/limerick-u17-hurlers-lose-to-cork.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie|title=Limerick U17 hurlers lose to Cork|publisher=Limerick Leader|date=11 April 2017|accessdate=23 February 2019|first=Joel|last=Slattery}}</ref> On 25 April 2017, Twomey won a [[Munster Under-17 Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]] medal after a 3-13 to 1-12 defeat of [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] in the final. He was again at midfield for Cork's 1-19 to 1-17 [[All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship|All-Ireland final]] defeat of [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] at [[Croke Park]] on 6 August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-dublin-all-ireland-u17-hurling-3532942-Aug2017/|title=Croke Park glory for Cork against Dublin as they claim All-Ireland U17 hurling crown|publisher=The 42|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=23 February 2019|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}}</ref>

On 3 July 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the [[2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]]. He came on as a 39th-minute substitute for [[Simon Kennefick]] in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-limerick-munster-u20-hurling-championship-4709293-Jul2019/|title=Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick|date=3 July 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=4 July 2019|first=Denis|last=Hurley}}</ref> On 23 July 2019, Twomey top-scored for Cork with 1-02 from left wing-forward in a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] in the [[2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship#Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship|Munster final]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.the42.ie/munster-tipperary-cork-munster-u20-hurling-championship-4737073-Jul2019/|title=Bowe and Morris star as Tipperary claim U20 Munster glory|date=23 July 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=23 July 2019|first=Shane|last=Brophy}}</ref> He was selected at right wing-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the [[2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final|All-Ireland final]] on 24 August 2019, however, he ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-tipperary-all-ireland-u20-hurling-4779877-Aug2019/|title=Early Tipp goals power them past Cork to seal All-Ireland hurling glory|date=24 August 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=25 August 2019|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole}}</ref>

====Senior====

On 20 December 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left wing-forward for Cork's [[2020 Munster Senior Hurling League|Munster League]] game against [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]. He scored four points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/Kingstons-second-spell-in-charge-starts-with-emphatic-victory-over-Kerry--b9a9077a-9ebb-4f73-b1e4-61dba7d110a5-ds|title=Kingston’s second spell in charge starts with emphatic victory over Kerry |date=20 December 2019|publisher=The Echo|accessdate=21 December 2019|first=Denis|last=Hurley}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year
!colspan="2"|[[Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|Cork PIHC]]
|-
!Apps!!Score
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Courcey Rovers GAA|Courcey Rovers]]
|[[2018 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|2018]]
||7||4-11
|-
|[[2019 Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship|2019]]
||2||1-03
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!9!!5-14
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==
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Revision as of 12:29, 21 December 2019

Seán Twomey
Personal information
Irish name Seám Ó Tuama
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born 2000
Ballinspittle, County Cork, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)
Years Club
Courcey Rovers
Club titles
Cork titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2019-
Cork 0 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 20:08, 20 December 2019.

Seán Twomey (born 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Premier Intermediate Championship club Courcey Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.[1] He usually lines out as a left wing-forward.

Playing career

Courcey Rovers

Twomey joined the Courcey Rovers club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 10 October 2015, he lined out at left wing-forward when Courcey Rovers suffered a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat by Ahan Gaels in the Minor A Championship final.

On 22 April 2018, Twomey made his first appearance for the club's top adult team in the Premier Intermediate Championship. He scored a hat-trick of goals in the 3-18 to 0-19 defeat of Inniscarra.[2] On 21 October 2018, Twomey scored two points from left corner-forward when Courcey Rovers drew 0-12 to 1-09 with Charleville in the final.[3] He was switched to right wing-forward for the replay a week later but ended on the losing side after a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat.[4]

Cork

Under-17 and under-20

Twomey first lined out for Cork as a member of the under-17 team during the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team at midfield on 11 April in a 0-16 to 0-06 defeat of Limerick.[5] On 25 April 2017, Twomey won a Munster Championship medal after a 3-13 to 1-12 defeat of Waterford in the final. He was again at midfield for Cork's 1-19 to 1-17 All-Ireland final defeat of Dublin at Croke Park on 6 August 2017.[6]

On 3 July 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the Munster Championship. He came on as a 39th-minute substitute for Simon Kennefick in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick.[7] On 23 July 2019, Twomey top-scored for Cork with 1-02 from left wing-forward in a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final.[8] He was selected at right wing-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the All-Ireland final on 24 August 2019, however, he ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat.[9]

Senior

On 20 December 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left wing-forward for Cork's Munster League game against Kerry. He scored four points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 August 2019.
Team Year Cork PIHC
Apps Score
Courcey Rovers 2018 7 4-11
2019 2 1-03
Career total 9 5-14

Honours

Cork

References

  1. ^ "Cork Team VS Kerry in Munster Senior Hurling League". Cork GAA website. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ Coleman, John (23 April 2018). "Twomey hat-trick hero for Courceys". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (21 October 2018). "Charleville and Courcey Rovers to do it all again after stalemate". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (30 October 2018). "Charleville back in the big time as Courceys held at bay". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ Slattery, Joel (11 April 2017). "Limerick U17 hurlers lose to Cork". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ O'Toole, Fintan (6 August 2017). "Croke Park glory for Cork against Dublin as they claim All-Ireland U17 hurling crown". The 42. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. ^ Hurley, Denis (3 July 2019). "Cork take aim at Clare after proving too strong for Limerick". The 42. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ Brophy, Shane (23 July 2019). "Bowe and Morris star as Tipperary claim U20 Munster glory". The 42. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. ^ O'Toole, Fintan (24 August 2019). "Early Tipp goals power them past Cork to seal All-Ireland hurling glory". The 42. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. ^ Hurley, Denis (20 December 2019). "Kingston's second spell in charge starts with emphatic victory over Kerry". The Echo. Retrieved 21 December 2019.